TY - BOOK ID - 11334432 TI - Legitimating identities : the self-presentation of rulers and subjects PY - 2001 SN - 0521808227 0511016972 052100425X 0511044607 0511154496 9786610421435 0511328389 0511174551 051149016X 1280421436 1107124719 9780511016974 9780521808224 9780521004251 9780511044601 9780511490163 6610421439 9781107124714 9780511154492 9780511328381 9780511174551 9781280421433 PB - a Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political leadership. KW - Politicians. KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Psychology. KW - Self-acceptance. KW - Political leadership KW - Politicians KW - Self-acceptance KW - Political Science KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Political Theory of the State KW - Psychological aspects KW - Psychology KW - -Politicians KW - -Self-acceptance KW - #SBIB:324H50 KW - #SBIB:35H510 KW - #SBIB:309H271 KW - #SBIB:014.IO KW - Self-love (Psychology) KW - Acceptance and commitment therapy KW - Statesmen KW - Leadership KW - Politieke participatie en legitimiteit (referenda, directe democratie, publieke opinie...) KW - Openbaarheid van bestuur, ombudsdienst, ... KW - Politieke communicatie: toepassingsgebieden KW - Openbaarheid van bestuur, ombudsdienst, .. KW - Openbaarheid van bestuur, ombudsdienst, . KW - Openbaarheid van bestuur, ombudsdienst, KW - Social Sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11334432 AB - Rulers of all kinds, from feudal monarchs to democratic presidents and prime ministers, justify themselves to themselves through a variety of rituals, rhetoric, and dramatisations, using everything from architecture and coinage to etiquette and portraiture. This kind of legitimation - self-legitimation - has been overlooked in an age which is concerned principally with how government can be justified in the eyes of its citizens. In this book, Rodney Barker argues that at least as much time is spent by rulers legitimating themselves in their own eyes, and cultivating their own sense of identity, as is spent in trying to convince ordinary subjects. Once this dimension of ruling is taken into account, a far fuller understanding can be gained of what rulers are doing when they rule. It can also open the way to a more complete grasp of what subjects are doing, both when they obey and when they rebel. ER -